Neil Young Comes Crawling Back to Spotify

Neil Young, who rose to fame in the 1960’s, recently announced he will be returning his music to the number one music streaming service, Spotify.

Neil previously left the company mostly because of the platform allowing Joe Rogan to freely discuss controversial topics, mostly Covid-19 and vaccinations on his podcast.

Neil Young announces return to Spotify after pulling music over Joe Rogan podcast https://t.co/ukEyoZx38p

— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 13, 2024

Fox News includes Young’s comments on his return to Spotify:

“Spotify has recently become a very damaging force via its public misinformation and lies about COVID,” Young wrote as Spotify agreed to remove his songs later that month. After artists like Joni Mithcell and Nils Lofgren also removed their music, Rogan published a lengthy video and said he was “very sorry that they feel this way.”

“Spotify, the #1 streamer of low res music in the world — Spotify, where you get less quality than we made, will now be home of my music again,” Young reluctantly announced Tuesday.

“My decision comes as music services Apple and Amazon have started serving the same disinformation podcast features I had opposed at SPOTIFY,” Young wrote.

“I cannot just leave Apple and Amazon, like I did Spotify, because my music would have very little streaming outlet to music lovers at all, so I have returned to Spotify, in sincere hopes that Spotify sound quality will improve and people will be able to hear and feel all the music as we made it. Qobuz and Tidal, where my music is presented, are all High res as well,” he added

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After giving Spotify the ultimatum between keeping his music on the platform or keeping Joe Rogan, it is unsurprising to see why they chose Rogan.

The Gateway Pundit goes into more detail about the decision:

Considering Rogan has probably one of the most successful podcasts in history, and Young is an old man with the most relevance among an audience that’s not exactly adept with the latest technology, Spotify really didn’t have a hard decision.

Presumably, Young was hoping his influence would have more leverage.

But, popular as Young still is, the fact is he doesn’t have the kind of clout that would force the world’s most popular streaming platform to drop its most successful podcaster.

Many have taken to X to voice their opinions of Young’s return to Spotify:

Just so we’re clear on this… Neil Young pulled his music from Spotify over the seriousness of @joerogan spreading “dangerous misinformation” … but now that this “dangerous misinformation” is on even more platforms Young has decided to, no, not to pull his music from the other… pic.twitter.com/6qdlM4OD54

— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) March 13, 2024

Neil Young returning to Spotify, not because he’s now in favour of free speech, but because it’s too costly not to use the platform https://t.co/JkiYnODlA0

— Winston Marshall (@MrWinMarshall) March 14, 2024

“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both”
Neil Young returns to Spotify and hopes no one will notice.
Yeh, for me – this is personal.
The link to the essay and my thoughts is in the comments. pic.twitter.com/Yy03Y2ELB2

— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) March 13, 2024

“Neil Young Has No Spine.” – a short story in four screenshots. pic.twitter.com/8gDVr7WRf5

— Five Times August (@FiveTimesAugust) March 13, 2024

Neil Young is back on Spotify after an absence of 2 years because he was protesting Joe Rogan. Guess what Neil? You're still a liberal piece of Shit and you're still irrelevant.

— 🇺🇸The Disrespected Trucker🇨🇦 (@DisrespectedThe) March 13, 2024

Needless to say, people find Neil Young to be a spineless liberal who can’t stick to his own morals.